How to: Build a Better World – Rutger Bregman in conversation with Matthew D’Ancona

Rutger Bregman became a viral sensation taking on the billionaires at Davos, he joins us in London to present a bold, farsighted and realistic vision of a better world.

‘Listen out for Rutger Bregman. He has a big future shaping the future‘
– Observer

Rutger Bregman is fast becoming the world’s most influential young thinker. The author of four books before the age of 30, including the international bestseller Utopia For Realists, the Dutch historian broke the internet in January when he told a super-rich audience assembled at the World Economic Forum to stop congratulating themselves about philanthropy and start paying a fairer share of tax.

His vision does not stop at reforming the global elite. In conversation with former Spectator editor and liberal conservative journalist Matthew D’Ancona, Bregman will show that we can construct a society with visionary ideas that are, in fact, wholly implementable. Every milestone of civilisation – from the end of slavery to the beginning of democracy – was once considered a utopian fantasy. New utopian ideas such as universal basic income and a fifteen-hour work week can become reality in our lifetime.

From a Canadian city that once completely eradicated poverty, to Richard Nixon’s near implementation of a basic income for millions of Americans, Bregman takes us on a journey through history, beyond the traditional left-right divides, as he introduces ideas whose time has come.